"Created Their Own Legacy"- Pat Cummins On Australian Cricket's Rich Success In 2023

Pat Cummins joined an elite list of Australian captains to have won the ICC World Cup title. He is now the fifth Australian captain to have won an ODI World Cup. He joined an elite list with names like Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, and Michael Clarke.

Cummins took over as Australia’s Test captain heading into the Ashes series against England. He won that as captain and then won the WTC final against India which was his first major win. Cricket Australia decided to name him as the skipper of the team ahead of the ODI World Cup.

Cummins, marshaled his troops beautifully which eventually resulted in Australia winning their sixth World Cup title. The side began their campaign with back-to-back losses. As it turned out, the team won nine games on the trot since and defeated South Africa and India in the semi-final and the final respectively.

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The World Cup win culminated in a year that saw Australia win the Ashes series and the WTC final. Previously the Aussies lost 2-1 in a Test series led by Cummins in India.

“I think they have created their own legacy,” Cummins said of his side as he touched down at Sydney Airport.

“A World Cup, you only get one chance every four years and especially playing somewhere like India, it’s hard. To be pitted up against the rest of the world and come away with a medal, it doesn’t get any better than that. Adding to that an away Ashes series, a World Test Championship. We couldn’t have planned for much better. So a pretty satisfied group” said the pacer captain.

Pretty Pumped To Go The Distance: Pat Cummins

Pat Cummins admitted that Australia’s World Cup campaign was in trouble after the two early losses. However, with consistent wins, Cummins’ captaincy was praised and eventually it resulting in the team putting their best foot forward.

“To be honest (I did think we were long odds). It almost became sudden death really. We thought we pretty much had to be flawless from there on in just to make the semis. And we pretty much were. We started to find ways to win, even when we weren’t having our best days. Even before the tournament, we knew playing ODI cricket in India, it’s a pretty tough assignment. So just to make the semis we were pretty pumped and keen to go a bit further” Cummins concluded saying.

Australia next take on India in a five-match T20I series starting with the first T20I in Vizag on November 23. The senior players including Captain Cummins are rested from the series.

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